From KGW.com in Oregon:
PORTLAND, Ore. — A new proposal by a team of researchers could mean a population boom for wolves and beavers across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
The researchers, some of whom work at Oregon State University, want to see more of these animals on federal land. They say adding more beavers and wolves could help our ecosystem and make a positive impact on Earth’s climate.
From Chron.com in Texas:
Scientists say Galveston Island’s rare species of “ghost wolves” are a hybrid of historic red wolves and coyotes, meaning that the rare canines could be the key to reviving one of its ancestors.
The findings on ghost wolves, which resemble coyotes, were presented by researchers with the Gulf Coast Canine Project and Galveston Police Animal Services Division during a town hall Wednesday, according to a report by Matt Dougherty of KHOU 11.
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From the Cowboy State Daily:
Alleged bad wolf management by Montana and Idaho could shut down wolf hunts in those states and Wyoming, if a complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by environmental and animal welfare groups succeeds.
“Wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains are not currently protected under the ESA” (Endangered Species Act), says a complaint filed in Missoula, Mont. Division of U.S. District Court, and more aggressive hunting and trapping methods that have been proposed in Montana and Idaho could threaten the animals’ continued recovery in the region.”
From Hungry Horse News:
An annual report issued by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says the wolf population in the state appears to have stabilized after a drop from previous highs.
All told, hunters took 148 wolves across the state while trappers took 125 for a total of 273 wolves for the 2021-2022 hunting and trapping seasons.
From OBP.org:
Authorities are investigating the killing of a 2-year-old wolf they say was shot in a wilderness area of Baker County.
The wolf, known as OR 112, was a collared female member of the Keating wolf pack and had been roaming through the Pine Creek Wildlife Management area according the Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division.
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From DiscoverMagazine.com:
“Rewilding” areas of the western U.S. with gray wolf and beaver populations could help in ecological restoration efforts, according to researchers from Oregon State University (OSU). In the paper, “Rewilding the American West” published in BioScience, co-author, William Ripple, along with 19 other authors are suggesting using portions of federal land — like national parks and national forests — in 11 states to establish potential rewilding habitat for the gray wolf and the beaver.
From the University of Colorado Boulder:
Managing federal lands in ways that better support wolf and beaver populations could help re-establish a host of important ecological processes across the West, according to a group of 20 scientists calling for the creation of a Western Rewilding Network.
In a paper published today in BioScience, “Rewilding the American West,” authors from CU Boulder, Oregon State University and several other institutions suggest using nearly 193,000 square miles (500,000 square kilometers) of federal lands in 11 states to establish a contiguous network based on potential habitat for the gray wolf and American beaver. Supporting those species through management changes on federal land would help control elk populations, support tree growth, boost biodiversity, improve water quality, increase carbon sequestration and restore riparian habitats, they said.
From the Associated Press:
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates sued federal officials Tuesday after the government missed a deadline to decide if protections for gray wolves should be restored across the northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, where Republican-led states have made it easier to kill the predators.
The Biden administration said in a preliminary finding last September that protections for wolves may need to be restored because increased hunting in Idaho and Montana posed a potential threat to wolves across the region.
From DW.com:
The number of wolf packs in the Alps has jumped by over 25% in just one year, the Swiss-based wolf-protection association Gruppe Wolf Schweiz (GWS) said on Monday.
They described the current population growth as “exponential,” rising from around 250 packs in 2021 — most of them in the border region between Italy and France — to over 300 this year. A pack is defined as at least two adult animals with pups.
From The Bharat Express News in Switzerland:
Wolves are now preying on large livestock – but their habitat will soon be exhausted
The wolves in Switzerland are now also killing large animals: after attacks in Graubünden, they killed a cow in the canton of St. Gallen last week. Meanwhile, the spread in the Alps is almost half complete.
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.